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Friday, May 18th, 2012
wiredtopstories	12:12a	HP Could Cut 25,000 Jobs Next Week http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/MLHkPjGrWw4/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/hp_cuts/ Meg Whitman doesn't want to get rid of Hewlett-Packard's PC group, but that doesn't mean she's above making some cuts. According to a pair of anonymously sourced reports, Whitman is planning to announce some big layoffs -- perhaps between 8 and 15 percent of the workforce -- when she announces the company's quarterly financial results next Wednesday. drift with me
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
wiredtopstories	11:51p	The Champ Is Here http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/gOk8CvLpmgM/ http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/05/htc-one-x/ The HTC One X is one of the best smartphones on the market, and the best Android phone you can buy right now, period. drift with me
wiredtopstories	11:42p	Remembering Disco Queen Donna Summer, the Voice of 'I Feel Love' http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/HxtRzu-NIkk/ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/donna-summer-obit/ Donna Summer, the disco queen whose 1977 smash hit "I Feel Love" was nothing short of seismic in its impact on electronic music, died Thursday of cancer at the age of 63. drift with me
wiredtopstories	11:37p	Steve Jobs Dreamed of Developing an iCar http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/dhZ0YoZ3tY8/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/steve-jobs-dreamed-of-icar/ Steve Jobs had dreamed of one day taking Apple onto our public roadways with a sleek, well-designed car -- so said J.Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler at a recent business conference. drift with me
wiredtopstories	11:05p	Design Flaws That Look Hot: Just Another Day at Astro Studios http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/QNG_wMHOjgw/ http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/astro-studios-sol-republic/ What do the Nike+ FuelBand, the Boxee Box and the Xbox 360 have in common? All were all given a boost by Astro Studios a San Francisco-based design firm you may not have heard of. drift with me
wiredtopstories	10:43p	Science Versus Fiction: SETI's Seth Shostak on Battleship http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/ZgnXB-Ao9v0/ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/battleship-science/ A researcher with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, who also served as a consultant on the $200 million movie based on a board game, talks about how Battleship's alien encounter squares with reality. drift with me
wiredtopstories	9:51p	It's Tinkerers v. Hollywood as Copyright Office Mulls New Jailbreaking Rules http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/3DkF4MFzJVY/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/jailbreak-regulators-dmc/ To jailbreak or not to jailbreak? That was the question on everybody's mind Thursday as copyright regulators, content creators and digital rights groups battled over whether Americans should have the right to tinker with the devices that they buy. drift with me
wiredtopstories	9:30p	Cell Doors 'Incapable of Locking' at Giant Afghan Jail http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/jHv6TDRLnFM/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/parwan-locks/ The detention facility that the U.S. built in Afghanistan is state-of-the-art. Except for all the faulty hinges on the cell doors. Or the locks that are, in the words of a new report from the Defense Department's inspector general, "incapable of locking either manually or electronically." Or the construction that's deemed "not up to the standard suitable for a detention facility." The worst part? U.S. military commanders have known about these flaws since the prison opened its doors. drift with me
wiredtopstories	9:06p	School of Hard Knocks: Where Stunt Performers Learn How to Not Die http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/SgU6sZowjHM/ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/pl_stuntschool/ Stunt performers aren't born to be blown up—they're made. And the odds are good that their making-of story starts at the International Stunt School. drift with me
wiredtopstories	9:05p	Google Patent Suggests New Direction For Project Glass Augmented Reality Interface http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/5Pw9Buij2CY/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/google-patent-suggests-new-direction-for-project-glass-augmented-reality-interface/ Head-mounted wearable computers present a bit of an interface problem. Voice-based systems give the impression that a person is murmuring to themselves and accelerometer-based systems that rely on head movement make users look like they have a nervous tic. One solution to the head-mounted-computer user interface conundrum is the use of hand gestures. drift with me
wiredtopstories	9:05p	SDN Makes Cloud Offshoring More Attractive http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/veOsjrbU9nQ/ http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/05/cloud-offshoring/ Calligo may not be the first to take its cloud services HQ offshore, but in the age of software-defined networking (SDN) it could be the start of something bigger. drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:48p	Comcast Suspends Data Cap Temporarily, Will Test New Overage Fees http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/WcdIoF-hJ6Q/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/comcast-raises-data-cap/ Comcast is replacing its strict 250GB monthly data cap for residential users with a higher cap and a way to buy extra data, hoping to stem criticism that the nation's largest cable ISP is throttling the open internet. drift with me
overheardnyc	8:00p	Nah, Stolen http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/025250.html Guy eating pizza: Its hottt! Girl: Temperature hot or spicy hot? --29th & 7th Ave Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-05-17 1 took a ride ~ drift with me
overheardnyc	6:00p	Now Where Do Crackheads Figure Into This Schema? http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/025249.html Girl: I think I'm going to be a lumberjack tomorrow. Friend: But then how will we tell you apart from the hipsters? I mean really, what's the difference between a lumberjack and a hipster? Girl: One of them has a job. --Citi Field Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-05-17 drift with me
Friday, May 18th, 2012
warrenelliscom	12:00a	Bookmarks for 2012-05-17 http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14051 Is Fashion Ready for a New Aesthetic? | BoF – The Business of Fashion "As a term, “The New Aesthetic” may be short-lived. Surprising many, James Bridle shut down the New Aesthetic Tumblr ten days ago, exactly one year after it was launched. But if the “New Aesthetic” movement is already dead, this is surely only the beginning of digital technologies impacting the way fashion creatives think, see and design. Indeed, the generation of students just starting to arrive in fashion schools have only ever known a world that’s mediated by digital technology and learnt to process visual culture through a ceaseless digital stream of appropriated and juxtaposed images." (tags:newaesthetic fashion ) 3:AM Magazine » Against All Ends: Hauntology, Aesthetics, Ontology. "The out of jointness is not the opposition of the present to either the part or the future of indeed a mere disordering of these temporal modes. Derrida specifically warns against this: “A spectral moment, a moment that no longer belongs to time, if one understands by this word the linking of modalized presents (past present, actual present: ‘now,’ future present) … Furtive and untimely, the apparition of the specter does not belong to that time” (10). As a result, hauntology in its Derridean formulation counters the criticism put forward by James Bridle, that “it deals with the problem of the future by going back to the past” (11) and that it needs to be opposed by the radically new. This reiteration of the standard modal temporalities of past, present and future is both symptomatic of the problems of an aesthetic interpretation of hauntology and at the same time, the very problem that Derrida is confronting with his concept of hauntology." (tags:hauntology future ) Guarding Route Jeep – By Suchitra Vijayan | Foreign Policy @FP_Magazine: Haunting photographs of Afghanistan's desolate borderland (and the people who guard it) http://t.co/0TZmbscV http://twitter.com/FP_Magazine/status/203181279368331264 (tags:ifttt twitter editmytaglaterwarren! ) Google’s Augmented-Reality Headset Won’t Offer Full-Vision Data Overlays | Gadget Lab | Wired.com "Unfortunately, the lack of full data overlays also makes the headset less exciting. The type of display Google is now describing has been on the market for years" (tags:tech ) Image: The shake, rattle and roar of the J-2X engine "The J-2X engine is the first new liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine developed in 40 years that will be rated to carry humans into space. " (tags:space ) Google Chrome heading to iPhone, analysts predict "The same is true of mobile devices, and White said Macquarie believes Google currently pays 50 percent to 60 percent of revenue made from searches on the mobile version of Safari. That could be a lot of money Google has to share with its rival, and if Apple were to ever dump Google for Bing, that would be a lot of lost money. Therefore, White said Google will make the preemptive step to move users from Safari to Chrome and keep more of that search revenue. " (tags:web ) Marine Corps pursues ‘kamikaze’ drone "The Switchblade, produced by California-based AeroVironment, can be guided into a target and explode on impact, almost like a hand grenade" (tags:drones war ) The most profitable asteroid is… "Most Profitable: 253 Mathilde, a 52.8 km-diameter C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid that has an estimated value of over $100 trillion and estimated profit of $9.53 trillion (USD) " (tags:space ) Will Self: Writer’s Blog @LRB: Will Self updates his blog http://t.co/no5buLY2 http://twitter.com/LRB/status/203095750874382336 (tags:ifttt twitter editmytaglaterwarren! ) The Wire: Adventures In Sound And Music: Article @markopilkington: RT @thewiremagazine: Test Centre (Iain Sinclair Stone Tape Shuffle) are starting a weekly radio show on @ResonanceFM: http://t.co/KdSal82r http://twitter.com/markopilkington/status/203073634405859329 (tags:ifttt twitter editmytaglaterwarren! ) Jenna Wortham: What I Read – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire (tags:web mediadiet ) drift with me
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
wiredtopstories	8:01p	After Greenpeace Protests, Apple Promises to Dump Coal Power http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/mmnaeM6ZtRE/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/apple_coal/ Apple is cleaning up its energy act. The computer company says that by early next year, the energy used to power its worldwide data centers will all come from renewable sources, such as solar, wind power or hydro-electric dams. It announced the news Thursday in a post to its website. drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:37p	Current: 20.06 June Issue Highlights http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/vkNyzHaoLzE/ http://www.wired.com/about/2012/05/current-20-06-june-issue-highlights/ COVER: How to Be a Geek Dad / with MythBusters host Adam Savage / pg. 126 WIRED serves up 14 hands-on projects designed to jump-start a lifelong love of science and technology. For all ages and levels of expertise, these activities will inspire parents to have fun with their kids while building geek values. Projects include ... drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:30p	New Saddle Brings Change to the Sport of Kings http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/J18h30YHKwM/ http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/05/polo-gear-elite-saddle/ The Polo Gear Elite Saddle was developed with polo star Nic Roldan, who boldly claims it is the first major reboot of saddle design in 50 years. He says it is the first to emphasize the comfort of the horse as much as the performance of the athlete riding it. drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:24p	Apple Patent Application Lends Credence to Retina-Display Mac Rumors http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/hfrJa4MnlQo/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/retina-display-macbook-reports/ It looks like we'll be getting Retina display MacBook Pros sooner than later -- this based on supply chain indicators and a recently published Apple patent application. drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:14p	20.05 May Issue Highlights http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/QjGozzCXRxs/ http://www.wired.com/about/2012/05/20-05-may-issue-highlights/ COVER: Marc Andreessen Knows What?s Coming Next / pg. 162? No one has done more to change the way we communicate than Marc Andreessen. At 22, he invented Mosaic, the first easy-to-use web browser. He later helped bring the Internet to the masses by co-founding Netscape and then took it public in a massive IPO. ... drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:02p	To Warrant or Not to Warrant? ACLU, Police Clash Over Cellphone Location Data http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/QyuVcL3DH_0/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/geo-location-data-protection/ A bill that would require law enforcement agents to obtain a probable-cause warrant to collect geolocation data on an individual would be burdensome to criminal investigators and prevent them from gathering the evidence they need to make a case, according to law enforcement witnesses at a hearing on Thursday. drift with me
wiredtopstories	7:00p	Capcom Reveals Cartoon Lost Planet Spinoff, E.X. Troopers http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/PySfnJk-xIg/ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/05/capcom-ex-troopers-lost-planet/ The new game will occupy the same universe as the Lost Planet games, but E.X. Troopers will drop the hard sci-fi look in favor of the comic book approach. drift with me
wiredtopstories	6:33p	Smile! U.S. Troops Cover Up With New 'Facial Armor' http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/KKohqyJgjN8/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/face-shields/ Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel "Starship Troopers" presents a futuristic war fought by heavily armored infantry, that when suited up, makes you look like a "big steel gorilla." Today, the U.S. Army and Marines are edging closer to the Mobile Infantry of Heinlein's world by reportedly taking an interest in armored face shields. drift with me
wiredtopstories	6:31p	Network Effects and Global Domination: The Facebook Strategy http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/d_mTAdjq2wc/ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/05/network-effects-and-global-domination-the-facebook-strategy/ Mark Zuckerberg is following the example of Bill Gates at Microsoft and Sergey Brin and Larry Page at Google, in building Facebook to do nothing less than dominate. drift with me
wiredtopstories	6:03p	Is Office, Exchange Lock-In Microsoft's Best Weapon in the Cloud? http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/vmHk9nI3x9Y/ http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/05/microsoft-office-lockin/ With Microsoft recently beating out Google for providing cloud service to the Los Angeles Community College District, the focus of one report was that the win reflects "how Microsoft can use its lock on conventional productivity software as a springboard into the cloud." Is Office lock-in going to work for Microsoft long-term? drift with me

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